Mark Vella - Anatomy for Strength and Fitness Training : An Illustrated Guide to Your Muscles in Action

ANATOMY FOR STRENGTH AND
FITNESS TRAINING This edition published in 2008 First published in 2006 by New Holland Publishers Ltd London Cape Town Sydney Auckland www.newhollandpublishers.com Garfield House, 8688 Edgware Road, London W2 2EA United Kingdom 80 McKenzie Street Cape Town 8001 South Africa Unit 1, 66 Gibbes Street Chatswood, NSW 2067 Australia 218 Lake Road Northcote, Auckland New Zealand Copyright 2006 New Holland Publishers (UK) Ltd Copyright 2006 in text: Mark Vella Copyright 2006 in illustrations: New Holland Publishers (UK) Ltd All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publishers and copyright holders. ISBN 978 1 60765 179 6 Publishing managers: Simon Pooley, Claudia dos Santos Commissioning editor: Alfred LeMaitre Editor: Gill Gordon Designer: Maryna Beukes Illustrators: James Berrang and Evan Oberholster Production: Myrna Collins Consultant: Dr Nick Walters Reproduction by Resolution Cape (Pty) Ltd Printed and bound in Singapore by Tien Wah Press (Pte) Ltd 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 . . . . . . . Anatomy for Strength and Fitness Training is both a visual and textual analysis of common exercises, and a guide to how to do various exercises properly. Anatomy for Strength and Fitness Training is both a visual and textual analysis of common exercises, and a guide to how to do various exercises properly.

The book has two distinct parts: the first is a basic introduction to anatomical definitions and termi-no-logy. Essentially it helps to demystify the language used in part two, making it easier to follow the instructions in that section. Part two contains seven sections: the first four focus on exercises for the chest, legs and hips, back and shoulders, and arms. Sections five to seven concentrate on exercises to achieve different aims. Section five emphasizes development of the postural stabilizers, section six is devoted to static stretches, and section seven analyzes total body power exercises. Each section starts with a basic introduction that focuses on the body part or type of training covered.

Each exercise is independent, so you can choose the exercises you want to do, and in what sequence. Within each section, the individual exercises featured are defined and given some background. There is a how to guide for doing the exercise, as well as a visual and technical exercise analysis of which muscles are being used as mobilizers and postural stabilizers. The start and finish position is usually depicted, and training tips may be included. The adult human body has 600 muscles and 206 bones; this book looks at approximately 70 muscles involved in movement and stabilization. Many smaller muscles, including the deep, small muscles of the spine, and most muscles of the hands and feet are not given specific attention.

If they were, it might take several pages to analyse just one exercise and movement! Schematic diagram of how the exercise pages are structured